A three-judge panel permanently blocked Alabama from using a state-drawn map that they said flouted their directive to draw a plan that was fair to Black voters.

On Wednesday, the Voting Rights Act suffered the second shot in a brutal new one-two punch, and some worry it could lead to a ...

This victory comes after recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions have undermined voting rights laws. “If any case was going to ...

The state has not been subject to preclearance since the U.S. Supreme Court's 2013 ruling in another key voting rights case out of Alabama — Shelby County v. Holder. "It is my hope that this ...

The ruling says Alabama must use the court-ordered map that led to Rep. Shomari C. Figures being elected in 2024.

The NAACP Legal Defense Fund has won a victory at the Supreme Court against Alabama's discriminatory redistricting practices ...

The Thursday ruling came after a February ... on plaintiffs' request to again make Alabama subject to the preclearance requirement of the Voting Rights Act. The long-running case began in 2021.

Court Rules Alabama Violated Voting Rights Act in Drawing Congressional ... injunction that ordered it,” they wrote. The Thursday ruling came after a February trial over the state map.

Alabama elected two Black people to its congressional delegation that year. Thursday’s court ruling nodded to arguments that the Voting Rights Act was no longer necessary. But, the court said ...